English for Academic Research: Grammar Exercises

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by  Adrian Wallwork (auth.)

English for Academic Research:
Grammar Exercises
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Adrian Wallwork
English for Academic
Research: Grammar
Exercises
Adrian Wallwork
Via Carducci 9
56127 Pisa, Italy
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ISBN 978-1-4614-4288-2 ISBN 978-1-4614-4289-9 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-4289-9
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Contents
1 Nouns: plurals, countable versus uncountable, etc. .............. 1
1.1 verb agreement .................................................................... 1
1.2 uncountable nouns 1 ............................................................ 2
1.3 uncountable nouns 2 ............................................................ 3
1.4 uncountable nouns 3 ............................................................ 4
2 Genitive: the possessive form of nouns .................................. 5
2.1 authors, theories, companies, products ................................ 5
2.2 various 1 ............................................................................... 7
2.3 various 2 ............................................................................... 8
3 Inde fi nite article (a / an), de fi nite article (the),
and zero article (Ø) .................................................................... 9
3.1 a, an, zero article (Ø) ............................................................ 9
3.2 a, an, one .............................................................................. 10
3.3 a / an, the, zero article (Ø) .................................................... 11
3.4 the, zero article (Ø): 1 ........................................................... 12
3.5 the, zero article (Ø): 2 ........................................................... 13
3.6 the, zero article (Ø): general versus specific: 1 ..................... 14
3.7 the, zero article (ø): general versus specific: 2 ..................... 15
3.8 the, zero article (ø): general versus specific: 3 ..................... 16
3.9 all articles .............................................................................. 17
4 Quanti fi ers: some, any, little, few, a lot of, lots,
much, many ................................................................................ 19
4.1 some, any 1 .......................................................................... 19
4.2 some, any 2 .......................................................................... 21
4.3 something, anything, someone, anyone ............................... 21
4.4 a little, little, a few, few .......................................................... 22
4.5 lots, many, much, (a) little, (a) few ........................................ 23
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5 Relative pronouns: that, which, who, whose, what ................ 25
5.1 defining and non defining relative clauses 1 ......................... 25
5.2 which, that............................................................................. 26
5.3 deleting which, that, who ...................................................... 27
5.4 who, which, that, whose ........................................................ 28
5.5 use of commas: 1 ................................................................. 29
5.6 use of commas: 2 ................................................................. 30
5.7 which, what ........................................................................... 32
5.8 that, which, what ................................................................... 33
6 Present tenses ........................................................................... 35
6.1 present, present continuous ................................................. 35
6.2 present simple, present continuous, present perfect,
present perfect continuous ................................................... 36
6.3 present simple, present continuous, present perfect,
present perfect continuous ................................................... 37
6.4 present perfect, present perfect continuous .......................... 38
7 Past tenses ................................................................................ 39
7.1 past simple, present perfect: 1 .............................................. 39
7.2 past simple, present perfect: 2 .............................................. 40
7.3 past simple, present perfect: 3 .............................................. 41
7.4 simple past, present perfect,
present perfect continuous ................................................... 42
7.5 present perfect, present perfect continuous,
past simple............................................................................ 43
7.6 past simple, past perfect ....................................................... 44
7.7 past simple, past continuous ................................................ 45
7.8 past simple, past continuous, past perfect: 1 ........................ 46
7.9 past simple, past continuous, past perfect: 2 ........................ 47
8 Future tenses ............................................................................. 49
8.1 present simple, will ............................................................... 49
8.2 will, going to .......................................................................... 50
8.3 will, going to: questions ......................................................... 51
8.4 will, future continuous: 1 ....................................................... 52
8.5 will, future continuous: 2 ....................................................... 53
8.6 shall, will: questions .............................................................. 54
9 Conditional forms: zero, fi rst, second, third, mixed ............... 55
9.1 zero, fi rst conditional ............................................................. 55
9.2 first, second conditional ........................................................ 56
9.3 second, third conditional ....................................................... 57
9.4 mixed conditionals ................................................................ 58
9.5 mixed conditionals ................................................................ 59
9.6 would, would like ................................................................... 61
9.7 would have to, should ........................................................... 62
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9.8 would, should 1 ................................................................. 63
9.9 would, should 2 ................................................................. 64
10 Passive versus active: impersonal versus personal forms .... 65
10.1 to be, to have .................................................................... 65
10.2 active to passive ............................................................... 66
10.3 passive to active ............................................................... 67
11 In fi nitive, -ing form (gerund), suggest, recommend ............... 69
11.1 infinitive, -ing form 1.......................................................... 69
11.2 infinitive, -ing form 2.......................................................... 70
11.3 infinitive after certain verbs ............................................... 72
11.4 allow, enable, permit 1 ...................................................... 73
11.5 allow, enable, permit 2 ...................................................... 73
11.6 suggest, recommend, want, would like,
would prefer ...................................................................... 74
12 Modal verbs ............................................................................... 75
12.1 can, may: negative ............................................................ 75
12.2 can, may: affirmative ......................................................... 77
12.3 can, may: questions .......................................................... 78
12.4 can, could, might: affirmative and negative ...................... 79
12.5 could, might: negative ....................................................... 80
12.6 could, might: affirmative .................................................... 81
12.7 can, be able, could, may, will ............................................ 82
12.8 can, could, may, must ....................................................... 83
12.9 have to, must: affirmative, negative, interrogative ............. 84
12.10 have to, must: affirmative and negative ............................ 85
12.11 various modal verbs and alternative forms ....................... 86
13 Phrasal verbs ............................................................................. 87
13.1 phrasal verbs 1 ................................................................. 87
13.2 phrasal verbs 2 ................................................................. 88
14 Word order ................................................................................. 89
14.1 subject at the beginning of the phrase .............................. 89
14.2 direct and indirect objects ................................................. 90
14.3 adjectives and comparative forms .................................... 91
14.4 past participle ................................................................... 92
14.5 inversion of subject and object: question forms ................ 93
14.6 inversion of subject and object: adverbs ........................... 94
14.7 adverbs of frequency ........................................................ 95
14.8 adverbs of manner ............................................................ 96
14.9 adverbs: just ..................................................................... 98
14.10 adverbs: clearly, normally, consistently, finally .................. 99
14.11 adverbs: also, either, both ................................................. 100
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14.12 adverbs: all types .............................................................. 101
14.13 adverbs all types 2 ............................................................ 103
14.14 various .............................................................................. 104
15 Comparative and superlative forms ........................................ 105
15.1 form .................................................................................. 105
15.2 the more… the more ......................................................... 107
16 Numbers ..................................................................................... 109
16.1 numbers 1 ......................................................................... 109
16.2 numbers 2 ......................................................................... 110
16.3 numbers 3 ......................................................................... 111
17 Acronyms and abbreviations ................................................... 113
17.1 acronyms .......................................................................... 113
17.2 abbreviations .................................................................... 114
18 Titles ........................................................................................... 115
18.1 a, an .................................................................................. 115
18.2 indefinite, definite, zero article .......................................... 116
18.3 indefinite, definite, zero article .......................................... 117
18.4 prepositions ...................................................................... 118
19 Abstracts .................................................................................... 119
19.1 present simple, present perfect ........................................ 119
19.2 present simple, past simple .............................................. 120
19.3 present simple, present perfect, past simple 1 ................. 121
19.4 present simple, present perfect, past simple 2 ................. 122
19.5 structured abstract: present simple,
present perfect, past simple ............................................. 123
19.6 structured abstract: present perfect, past simple .............. 124
19.7 present simple, present continuous, will ........................... 125
20 Introduction and review of the literature ................................. 127
20.1 present simple, present perfect, past simple .................... 127
20.2 present simple, present perfect, past simple .................... 128
20.3 active, passive .................................................................. 129
20.4 present perfect, past simple ............................................. 130
20.5 present perfect, past simple ............................................. 131
20.6 present simple, present perfect ........................................ 132
20.7 would (future in the past), simple past,
third conditional ................................................................ 133
21 Materials and methods ............................................................. 135
21.1 would / should in the past ................................................. 135
21.2 active, passive 1 ............................................................... 136
21.3 active, passive 2 ............................................................... 136
21.4 present simple, present perfect, past simple .................... 137
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22 Results ....................................................................................... 139
22.1 the, a / an, ø (zero article) ................................................ 139
22.2 the, a / an, ø (zero article) ................................................ 140
22.3 active, passive .................................................................. 141
22.4 present simple, present perfect, past simple .................... 142
23 Discussion ................................................................................. 143
23.1 making hypotheses ........................................................... 143
23.2 present simple, present perfect, past simple .................... 144
23.3 can, could, may and might 1 ............................................. 145
23.4 can, could, may and might 2 ............................................. 146
23.5 present simple, present perfect, past simple .................... 147
24 Conclusions ............................................................................... 149
24.1 various tenses 1 ............................................................... 149
24.2 various tenses 2 ............................................................... 150
24.3 various tenses 3 ............................................................... 151
24.4 various tenses 4 ............................................................... 151
24.5 various modal verbs ......................................................... 152
25 Abstract contrasted with conclusions ..................................... 153
25.1 various tenses 1 ............................................................... 153
25.2 various tenses 2 ............................................................... 155
26 Acknowledgements ................................................................... 157
26.1 various tenses 1 ............................................................... 157
26.2 active, passive .................................................................. 158
27 Mini tests ..................................................................................... 159
27.1 mini test 1 ......................................................................... 159
27.2 mini test 2 ......................................................................... 160
27.3 mini test 3 ......................................................................... 161
27.4 mini test 4 ......................................................................... 161
27.5 mini test 5 ......................................................................... 162
27.6 mini test 6 ......................................................................... 162
27.7 mini test 7 ......................................................................... 163
27.8 mini test 8 ......................................................................... 165
27.9 mini test 9 ......................................................................... 166
27.10 mini test 10 ....................................................................... 167
Acknowledgements ............................................................................ 169
About the author ................................................................................. 169
Editing service .................................................................................... 169
Index ................................................................................................... 171